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High Court of Tanzania

This is the second level in the Judiciary justice delivery hierarchy. It has both appellate and original powers on civil and criminal matters. It also hears appeals from the Courts of Resident Magistrate, the District Courts, and the District Land and Housing Tribunals in exercise of their original, appellate and/or revisional jurisdiction. The High Court is divided into Zones and specialized Divisions. 

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24 Kivukoni Road, P O Box: S.L.P. 9004
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May 1995
Exavery Mbukila vs Festus Kuwinga (PC Civil Appeal No. 72 of 1993) [1995] TZHC 1152 (30 May 1995)
Appellate court improperly reversed a trial court’s unanimous finding of land ownership; trial judgment restored.
Appeal – appellate interference with findings of fact – appellate court may not disturb trial court's unanimous factual findings unless evidence is thin; civil proof – balance of probabilities; land dispute – ownership and trespass; consideration of alleged mental incapacity in property disputes.
 30 May 1995
March 1995
Director of Public Prosecutions vs Julius Bilie (HC Criminal Appeal No. 120 of 1991) [1995] TZHC 923 (17 March 1995)
Appellate court quashed an unjustified acquittal and convicted respondent of cattle theft based on confessions and recovered evidence.
Criminal law – cattle theft – sufficiency of evidence – confessions to villagers and cautioned statement – appellate power to quash acquittal and enter conviction – ex parte hearing where accused absents.
 17 March 1995